Goldoni

Venice’s most successful and beloved playwright and poet of the eighteenth century was Carlo Goldoni (1707 – 1793) whose work is still alive and kicking, most recently in the guise of the Broadway and West End hit ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ which is based upon Goldoni’s ‘Servant of Two Masters’. There has been some speculation

Liberty and industry

A fascinating illustrated essay that explores images of ‘liberty’ and ‘industry’ from the Encyclopédie – here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #paris #encylopedie #eighteenthcentury #history #diderot #liberty #industry

Venice, Island Treasure

An absorbing fifty-minute documentary on Venice, past and present, for those of you who, like me, can never get enough of its enchantment - here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #venice #history

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